The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-17
FLORIDA.


Fort Myers has quarantined against
Tampa.
Sumter county raised corn and hay are
being sold in Sumterville.
Gadsden county lands are now being
sought after by strangers.
Trabue will be changed to Punta Gorda.
The Beacon favors the change.
Bids for the erection of the public school
building at Oakland will be opened to-day.
The wild catn law is not favored much
by the County Commissioners of Gadsden.
The steamer Pyles is now making regular
trips on the lake, outlet and Withlacoochee
river.
The Branford Lumber Company is hav-
ing some trouble about taking timber from
government lands.
Havana has had 225 cases of small pox
Key West has placed special restrictions on
travel from that port.
Sumterville's municipal election will be
held on Saturday, Nov. IL. The registra-
ton books are now open.
The reported death at Interlachen from
yellow fever proved to be Bright's disease
according to the last report.
The next meeting of the Volusia County
Teachers Association will be held at Lake
Helen, some time next month.
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Sanitary Inspector at Cedar Keys, under the
orders of the Board of Health.
There were only three deaths at Orlando
last Monday, two being infant children and
the adult victim of alcoholism.
Uncle Jake Summerlin, cattleman of
Orange county, tells of the striking of eight
oxen by lightning in a recent storm.
1t is said that there will soon be double
steamboat service on the Halifax, Hills
borough and Indian rivers. The S. V.
White and the Clara will make daily trips
between Daytona and Rockledge.
Several thousand acres of land in Gadsden
county have been paid for by the syndicate.
To see checks of So, 100 and So 900 passing
about for tobacco lands, dazzles the eyes of
the average Gadsden county man.
Some Italians induced to visit Gadsden
county by Receiver Duval are prospecting.
They are reported as saying that Gadsden
must be fine county, as they see the only
pomegranite and fig trees they have seen
since they left Italy.
The sudden revelation of the existence of
yellow fever in Tampa had a rather start
ling effect at Cedar Keys and few of the
more timid bundled up and left. We feel per-
fectly safe now, that we are warned of the
danger, but we have been running fearful
risk.
Judge Broome has granted a writ of in
junction against the Board of County Com
missioners of Lake county restraining them
from striking the names of any one from
| the registration list of that county, as was
threatened by the chairman of the board,
in order to reduce the number of voters
supposed to be favorable to Tavares for the
county seat
| Mr.. John Klumpker, of Pensacola has APP
| piled for a patent on a hose coupler which
he has recently invented. The invention
is certainly good one, and it bids fair to
| end Johns working days. The device is
| simple, easily operated, saves time and labor
and, when once introduced, will doubtless
revolutionize the whole betting business,
and bring fortune to its inventor.
Messrs Ammo & Browne, of Orlando, re-
ceived telegram from Wilmington. Del
Friday announcing the death and burial of
DR.. j. K, Tantum at that place. DR. Tantum
was well known in Orlando, having invested
| quite largely in real estate in and around
Orlando He was in the habit of spending
his winters at Winter Park, and left there
early last summer for his home in Whining
| ton.
The County Commissioners have appro-
prlated $1,000 for the purpose of exhib-
iting the products Of Volusia county at the
Sub-Tropical Exposition. They have also
appropriated $500 for general advertising
purposes. g. Il. A. Bielby, of DeIIand H.
j. Faulkner, of Oak Hill; John Anderson,
of Ormond, and j. H. Bodine, of Enter
prise, compose the committee in charge of
| the funds
The body of an unknown white man was
| found on the railroad track at Cottondale
Friday morning. The mans forehead had
been crushed in by fall on the iron rail,
and death must have been instantaneous 1t is
presumed that the man, during the night
J befsre. had endeavored to take q lantern